Local legislator in key seat for tough budget year

7:43 PM,
Nov. 30, 2012

Sen. Doug Eckerty (R-Yorktown)

Written by

Larry Riley

Over a cheese omelet at Bruner's Restaurant a week ago, State Sen. Doug Eckerty pondered the upcoming 2013 General Assembly, which kicked off Nov. 20, Organization Day for the legislature's 118th session.

Legislators won't meet again formally until January, but between now and then there will be a lot of discussions at the statehouse and committee sessions.

In what has to be impressive, Eckerty, a Republican halfway through his freshman four-year term, was appointed to the Senate Appropriations Committee. ...